'A Test, Not a Final Exam'

The Marines' controversial MV-22B Osprey has made its long-awaited first combat deployment. So what's the verdict?

Two MV-22B Ospreys, their big wingtip rotors facing forward in "airplane mode," are descending toward a Marine Corps outpost near the Syrian border when the second of the two tiltrotor transports shudders slightly.

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